Pam and Darle's Adventures

Lunch with a view🥰
Still overcast here but no down pours so far today.

Made it to Christina Ragsdale and Derrell Ragsdale’s house in Sisal❤️. It’s a rainy day but don’t even care.

Another travel day for Pam and Darle’s Adventures. We have had a great time in this part of Mexico, but time to move on. Headed to Merida, where we will meet up once again with Christina and Derrell Ragsdale. Then over to Sisal where we will spend a week or so on the beach with our friends. Going to be a lot of fun.

Our last day in Guadalajara consisted of a Pride Parade with literally thousands of people, then on to the Loba brewery. Gotta find breweries everywhere we go!🏳️‍🌈🍻

Our last day in Guadalajara starts with Starbucks!

Our seats on our first tour bus ride. Headed to Tlaquepaque!

To piggy-back off Darles post, the Mercado we went to—Mercado San Juan located in Guadalajara, is the largest indoor market in Latin America with an area of 430,000 sq ft. And yes, VERY overwhelming for me as well!
The museum we went to was Museo Cabañas which was once a shelter for orphans, the elderly and the homeless. Later turned into barracks during the War of Independence and in 1980 was renovated to become a center for the Arts. The main chapel’s walls and ceilings have murals painted by José Clemente Orozco. There are many other artists on display in different rooms as well. Really enjoyed walking through it and you can’t beat the $7 price to get in (for both of us!)
Here’s some more pics Darle didn’t post.

A few photos from today’s outing in Guadalajara! We went to the largest indoor market in Mexico, maybe the world. I am not speaking for Pam, but I was just a little overwhelmed. It was crazy. Went to a museum of art. Here are a few photos. I will have to do a little more research on where and what we saw today, but it was really cool!

Had a great meal at La Chata restaurant! Thanks Eduardo for the recommendation! As you can see there was a line to get in. Great thing about waiting in line… they gave us a free Corona!

More photos from today. Pam may have shared some of these already, but if so, here they are again. Love the history and architecture here.

Made it to Guadalajara. Staying at the oldest hotel in the long history of Guadalajara, the Francés, was founded in 1610 as “El Mesón de San José” to provide shelter for short to traveling merchants. And we finally have AC🆒

It’s travel day! Adios to Ajijic. We had a fantastic time in the Lake Chapala area—hung with old friends, made new friends, played some pickleball and ate some good food! Definitely a place we would like to come back to.
Next destination is Guadalajara. Should arrive there today around 12:30 this afternoon.

Today we took a road trip up in the mountains to Mazamitla with our friends. Cute little town with a beautiful church. We shopped, ate and had a few beverages! Very nice day.

Breakfast on the balcony this morning. So nice!

May 20–Hit two places today that are “must do’s” if you come to the Ajajic MX area: Dona’s Donuts and Spa Termal Tlalocan.
The Spa: there are 6 thermal tubs that we rotated to, staying about 10 minutes in each one. Between each tub you walked through a shower to rinse. We were treated with a hot tea before starting and a cold mint tea throughout the rest of the rotations.
Tub1: is infused with apple cider vinegar, to bring the body more in line with an alkaline state.
Tub2: is infused with flower petals. It smells like your sitting in a potpourri pot.
Tub3: is infused with a little sea salt.
Tub 4: had oatmeal. There was a bunch in the water and also a container of soft mushy oatmeal outside the tub for you to slather on your face.
Tub5: was infused with chocolate. 😳
Tub6: before this one you cake yourself with mud. It turns to a tight, light gray clay-like body mask. It feels wonderful to have it harden on your skin in the sun, then climb into cool tub and rinse.
In addition to the tubs, there are herbal face stations, 2 hot saunas, a rock foot pressure path and a cool dip pool.
We made sure to hit every one of them and came out with the softest skin ever and incredibly relaxed!

Post #4 on the Road to Taquila

And the after party begins…
After Jose Cuervo tour, hit down town Tequila. Saw the Voladores—Dance of the flyers, shopped some, then went to the oldest bar in Tequila (91 years old) to drink a Batanga—Coke, tequila and lime. Most of the pictures speak for themselves after that😜🤪

Post #3 of Road Trip to Tequila

When in Tequila you must sample tequila, so we decided we need to do a tour and chose the Jose Cuervo Factory, which did NOT disappoint.

Post #2 of Road Trip to Tequila

We landed in the town of Tequila around lunch time and decided it best to eat before doing any tours. Our driver took us to a nice place off the main road, where we had some delicious food.

Last morning at Margaritaville! Morning coffe on the balcony! It was a fun little trip and a fun place to celebrate our 38th!

Day and night photos of Margaritaville Beach Resort, South Padre Island, Texas.

Wow! What a great way to start our 38th wedding anniversary! I think we are going to enjoy ourselves the next few days.

Although our Rangers lost today, we still had a great adventure. Hanging out at Texas Live, which is right outside the stadium. Wait for traffic to thin out a little. Listening to some live Texas Country by a cover soloist, who is actually really good. It was a lot of fun!

Pam and I Pre-gaming before the Rangers game tonight. We are excited to be going to the next two games. And this is a great place to hangout while we wait for check in time. Great food and the beer is cold!

Finally leaving port! Bye New Orleans 👋

A new adventure starts today! It is so freaking early. But we will be on our cruise in a few more hours! Looking forward to some relaxing and fun times!

Celebrating our 37th! It’s been a fun adventure!

Hit the road at 4am heading for Ft. Lauderdale, Florida for the National Senior Pickleball Tourney. We have been working towards this for so long it’s hard to believe it’s finally here! Let the adventures begin!!!! GO TEAM PD PICKLEBALL!!!💪🏻